By Jim Harper
In last night’s State of the Union speech, President Obama called for tax law reforms he says we need. Cato scholars have their doubts about much of what was in the speech, but my interest was piqued by the fact that he said, “Send me these tax reforms, and I will sign them right away.” [...]
Sunlight Before Signing, Year Three is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Jim Harper
At a recent Cato event on transparency, I emphasized that there is no federal government “organization chart” published in a way computers can use. Here’s what I mean: Appendix C of the Office of Management and Budget’s Circular A-11 is the White House’s definitive public listing of agencies and bureaus, along with their OMB and [...]
There’s No Machine-Readable Government Org Chart is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Jim Harper
At a recent Capitol Hill briefing on government transparency, I made an effort to describe the importance of getting data from the government reflecting its deliberations, management, and results. I analogized to the World Wide Web. The structure that allows you to find and then view a blog post as a blog post is called [...]
Why Data Transparency? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Jim Harper
In his final “Chairman’s Corner” blog post as head of the White House’s Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, Earl Devaney highlights the need for orderly publication of data about government spending. There is bi-partisan legislation now in the Congress—it’s called the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act—that could accomplish this mission. But [...]
The DATA Act and Cato’s Transparency Work is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
